Torpedo bombers! Soviet mine-torpedo aviation in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. 3rd edition. Morozov M.E.

This book is dedicated to the aircraft-torpedo bombers of domestic naval aviation and their heroic crews. The military profession of a mine-torpedo aviation pilot was considered almost the most risky and dangerous. They are now judged by the stunning film of the Soviet era “torpedo bombers” (1983), who shocked the audience with an unprecedented naturalism, truthfulness and tragedy in the show of the Great Patriotic War. Beautiful legend? What was their combat efficiency and the true price of their victories? What damage did they cause the enemy? Do they withstand comparison with German, British, American and Japanese torpedo bombers who have repeatedly decided the outcome of naval battles? as well as 42 transport vessels. 24 ships and vessels were sunk with torpedo blows. This is not enough or much-especially if you take into account the imperfection of aircraft, weak training of the flight personnel and the most powerful opposition of the enemy (the German Navy had the strongest air defense in Europe)?

3rd edition of the book of a famous Russian military historian founded On the materials of not only domestic, but also foreign archives, answers all these questions, giving an exhaustive picture of the combat use of torpedo -bearing aviation during the Great Patriotic War.